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I lived my early years in Godalming, in a small house opposite the Salvation Army Hall in Mint Street. In the 1930s we moved to Peperharow Road. My father Ernest Covey was the Steward of Brookhall, Charterhouse for a number of years. ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1930 by Frank Covey

The photograph of Bridge Road clearly shows The Cove Supply Stores building on the right. My parents ran that shop from about 1936 to 1945. The Bridge Road end of the shop in the photo was the Off-Licence. Opposite the shop ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1930 by Ronald Catmur

My family were friends of the Vowles who lived in Green Lane. We stayed with them in 1935, I have a photo of them and me as a baby. My memory is of staying with them in the war years and going to school in the village, I seem to remember carrying a plate  to school each day for my dinner.

A memory of Stour Row in 1930 by Ronald Dartnall

Would anybody be able to help me? I am looking to find old photographs of an Edith Cottage that apparently was on Edith Walk in Great Malvern. I am looking for photos on or ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930 by Karen Burgess

On Friday two days before the Second World War broke out on the 3rd of September 1939 I was evacuated to Yarm. I was six years old and along with my sister Doreen and cousin Audrey we, with nearly all of the pupils at our school, ...Read more

A memory of Yarm in 1930 by Les May

By kind permission of the Lord Ashcombe, the Holy Trinity Junior Boys Club, Wimbledon, camped for four weeks every year on Ranmore Common. Most of us were choirboys, so we augmented St Barnabas's choir for their services twice ...Read more

A memory of Ranmore Common in 1930 by L. Malcolm Cloutt

I was born at 16 Cobham Terrace in 1935 with quite a number of relations as neighbours, last names being the Day family and Blagdens. I have resided in Canada for 45 years. Is there anyone out over there that would like to get in touch with me? Clive Jeffrey

A memory of Greenhithe in 1930

My great-grandfather was a swimming instructor at Charterhouse. He lived in the last (?) house on the right, just before the lane leading to Charterhouse. The swimming pool was directly behind the back garden. Before this was ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1930 by John Dean

My mother-in-law has just passed away and we found this in her papers. My years at Stanford-le-Hope Laundry. I lived in a village where my mum and family had lived for generations. A signpost at the top of our lane said ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1930

Clifton Zoo was founded in 1835 by a group of eminent local citizens and opened to the public in 1836. It is the fifth oldest in the world, and the oldest one that is not in a capital city. There were 220 ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Paul Townsend